J. Crew's Spring 2016 Collection Should Make Everyone Happy

J.Crew's gotten a lot of crap lately. Women's sales have been slipping, a round of layoffs left 175 people out of a job (including women's head designer Tom Mora), and consumers are just all around annoyed with the uber-fashion forward direction the brand has taken. CEO Mickey Drexler promised to get back to basics with forthcoming collections, in part by moving Madewell head designer Somsack Sikhounmuong over to J. Crew to take the reigns, and if the brand's spring 2016 fashion week presentation was any indication, Drexler is making good on those promises. The collection, though not designed by Sikhounmuong (we'll have to wait until February 2016 fashion week for that), mixed core J. Crew pieces with collection pieces, as if it say, "fine, let's just make everyone happy." A sequined Juicy Fruit-striped skirt was paired with regular ol' madras top and gingham was piled on top of gingham on top of gingham in a way only Executive Creative Director Jenna Lyons could get away with. In short, the collection was one for J.Crew lovers both old and new. Click through the gallery to see all 25 looks from the presentation.

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